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Jake Culshaw admits he was on the canal towpath when Lewis was shot, but claims John Martin pulled the trigger without warning because he was “just angry.”

John Martin told the jury Culshaw was lying and he was in fact at the family home in Ince Avenue, Anfield, at the time of the shooting.

Both men accept they were involved in a series of violent clashes with a group of males around four hours before the murder, in which a stolen Mini Cooper driven by Martin was rammed by a black Peugeot.

The prosecution say this was part of a background of clashes between Martin and a rival Scotland Road based gang, and led to the men wanting to seek revenge.

Paul Martin denies involvement with the murder and also denies he was in the Mini with Culshaw or his brother.

However prosecutor Ian Unsworth, QC, suggested Martin could not account for a “single minute” of his whereabouts on November 15.

Martin said he could not remember where he was, but was “probably” with a friend named Paul Day.

However he accepted he did not ask Mr Day or anyone else whether they could confirm he was with them at the time of the murder.

Mr Unsworth will deliver the closing speech for the prosecution on Friday.